On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 11 1968
Born on This Day
Àlex Corretja🇪🇸
Spanish tennis player · b. 1974
Amanda Chessell🇬🇧
British computer scientist · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Anton LaVerga🇺🇸
deceasedphilosopher · 1930–1997
Days lived
24,673
Arabella Stanton🇬🇧
Actor · b. 2014
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Carlos Varela🇨🇺
singer-songwriter · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Daiki Arioka🇯🇵
actor · b. 1991
Danielle (Mo Hye-in)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (NewJeans) · b. 2005
David Ducourtioux🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1978
Gaurav Kapur🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1981
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Guy Verhofstadt🇧🇪
Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008 · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Heinrich Cunow🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1862-1936) · 1862–1936
Days lived
27,159
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Hermann Friedmann🇵🇱
deceasedPolish-German philosopher · 1873–1957
Days lived
30,724
Hiroshi Ninomiya🇯🇵
Japanese association football player (born 1969) · b. 1969
Horst Seemann🇩🇪
deceasedFilm directorScreenwriter (1937–2000) · 1937–2000
Days lived
22,915
Jason Varitek🇺🇸
film director · b. 1972
Jeremy Clarkson🇬🇧
Television presenter · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
John Parish🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Joseph Platz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-American chess player · 1905–1981
Days lived
28,022
Josh Hancock🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1978–2007
Days lived
10,610
Joss Stone🇬🇧
artist · b. 1987
Judith Reisman🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1935–2021
Days lived
31,410
Karina (Yu Ji-min)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (aespa) · b. 2000
Laurence Irving🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish set designer (1897-1988) · 1897–1988
Days lived
33,432
Leo Pinto🇮🇳
deceasedIndian Field hockey player (1914–2010) · 1914–2010
Days lived
35,185
Ludwig Hinterstocker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1931-2020) · 1931–2020
Days lived
32,590
Mambo Kurt🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Milly Alcock🇦🇺
Film actor · b. 2000
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Nadine Warmuth🇩🇪
actress · b. 1982
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Nazanin Afshin-Jam🇮🇷
model, singer, activist · b. 1979
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Oriol Junqueras🇪🇸
Spanish politician and historian (born 1969) · b. 1969
Rimantas Kaukėnas🇱🇹
Lithuanian basketball player · b. 1977
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Ruth Moschner🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1976
Sándor Márai🇭🇺
deceasedjournalist · 1900–1989
Days lived
32,458
Sergey Lukyanenko🇷🇺
Russian science fiction writer · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Steve Bullock🇺🇸
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Thiago Alcântara🇪🇸
football player · b. 1991
Thulani Serero🇿🇦
South African association football player · b. 1990
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Werner Kissling🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer ethnographer (1895–1988) · 1895–1988
Days lived
33,900
Władysław Komar🇵🇱
deceasedathletics competitor (1940-1998) · 1940–1998
Days lived
21,312
Yihyun🇰🇷
K-pop Singer · b. 2006
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Yoo Yeon-seok🇰🇷
South Korean actor (1984-) · b. 1984
Zöe Lucker🇬🇧
British actress · b. 1974
Died on This Day
Easow Mar Timotheos Episcopa
deceasedIndian bishop (1932-1988) · 1932–1988
Days lived
20,226
Eralp Uzun🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1981-2013) · 1981–2013
Days lived
11,606
Eusebi Millan i Alonso🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish athlete · 1886–1956
Days lived
25,318
Fritz Beblo🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1872-1947) · 1872–1947
Days lived
27,179
Gerald du Maurier🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor and manager (1873–1934) · 1873–1934
Days lived
22,295
Jonathan Winters🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1925–2013
Days lived
31,928
Joseph Merrick
deceasedartist · 1862–1890
Days lived
10,111
Klaus Granzow🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1927–1988) · 1927–1986
Days lived
21,398
Miguel López Abril🇪🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1954–2021
Days lived
24,219
Primo Levi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987) · 1919–1987
Days lived
24,726
Roman Dzeneladze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1933–1966
Days lived
12,052
Sophus Claussen
deceasedwriter · 1865–1931
Days lived
23,951
Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar🇬🇧
deceasedentrepreneur · 1864–1930
Days lived
24,201
Who Was Alive
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
42,103
Bertrand Russell🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997
Charles Foulkes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969
Days lived
34,427
Henry Hallett Dale🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate · 1875–1968
Days lived
34,012
Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718
Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972
Days lived
34,791
Rudolph Dirks🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,290
Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
E. M. Forster🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970
Days lived
33,394
Margarete Bieber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,003
Adolf Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973
Days lived
34,163
Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪
deceasedIrish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,829
Arthur Mallwitz🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
Helen Keller🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
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Emma P. Carr🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,404
Paul Hausser🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,677
Fritz Achterberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971
Days lived
33,215
Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra🇵🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1880–1976
Days lived
34,807
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
49,774
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Sergeant Reckless🇺🇸
deceasedMongolian mare · 1948–1968
Days lived
7,438
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,947
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,644
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,217
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,659
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,625
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,259
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,703
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,355
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,154
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,668
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,686
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,355
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,707
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,250
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,160
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,137
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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